Thursday, October 27, 2016

New Releases: Arthur Gunter's Excello Singles, 1954-61

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Very few people remember bluesman Arthur Gunter today, and chances are that those who have heard of him have gotten to know his name via ...
Friday, October 21, 2016

New Reissues: Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music of Victor Young

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Last month, the newly formed Fog Arts label began what is an ongoing series of digital reissues of Jan Lundgren albums that have been lo...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Drummer Man: Gene Krupa on Verve, 1956

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More than merely a jazz drummer, Chicago-born Gene Krupa was a drumming showman, one of the first swing musicians to bring attention to h...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Jazz Flashes Videocast # 2 - Herbie Nichols

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Born in New York in 1919, pianist and composer Herbie Nichols was one of those jazz musicians who were so ahead of their time that their ...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Duke Ellington at the Rainbow Grille, 1967

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While Duke Ellington often led sessions with small groups, particularly in the early years of his career, unfortunately not too many of hi...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Chet Baker's 1950s Trumpet and Vocal Sides on Pacific Jazz

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Being among the first jazz records I ever heard, Chet Baker 's trumpet-and-vocal sides for Pacific Jazz of the early- to mid-1950s wil...
Saturday, September 3, 2016

Jazz Flash News: R.I.P. Irish Jazz Guitarist Louis Stewart (1944-2016)

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My friend Guy Jones, of Stockholm, Sweden, recently alerted me to the passing of Irish jazz guitar legend Louis Stewart , who died on Augu...